Moat Farm Junior School, Oldbury

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Moat Farm Junior School on 6 areas: 1 exceptional and 5 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "The school's nurturing culture and carefully structured routines ensure that pupils arrive each day ready to learn."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have shaped a carefully sequenced curriculum that meets pupils' needs and reflects the school's high aspirations."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion sits firmly at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders set a clear and aspirational direction for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school has a well-planned and ambitious curriculum for personal, social and health education."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue to strengthen and refine their work across all areas, ensuring that improvements are sustainable over time so that they have a transformational impact on outcomes for all pupils".

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Moat Farm Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Sandwell and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (80% in reading, 88% in maths).

Across Sandwell, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Sandwell lodged 79 appeals against primary school offers; 55 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (1.8% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Moat Farm Junior School are Moat Farm Infant School (under 0.1 miles); Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 82% maths); Bleakhouse Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 68% reading, 68% maths); and Annie Lennard Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 66% reading, 69% maths).

Moat Farm Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Moat Farm Junior School is one of 13 schools run by Stour Vale Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

48 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Moat Farm Junior School (as of April 2026): 90% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

40.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Langley Green Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moat Farm School (after), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Moat Farm Junior School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Moat Farm Junior School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Moat Farm Junior School are Q3 Academy Langley (0.1 miles), Bristnall Hall Academy (0.2 miles), Oldbury Academy (0.5 miles) and Holly Lodge High School College of Science (1.1 miles).